Helicobacter cholecystus Franklin et al.
700242 ™
- Product category
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Bacteria
- Strain designation
- Hkb-1
- Type strain
- Yes
- Isolation source
- Gallbladder of hamster with cholangiofibrosis
- Product format
- Frozen
Documentation
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Detailed product information
General
- Preceptrol
- No
Handling information
- Medium
- Temperature
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37°C
- Atmosphere
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Microaerophilic
- Handling procedure
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1. Thaw vial at room temperature.
2. Aseptically withdraw the contents and add to a tube of #18 Tryptic Soy Broth.
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3. To obtain a biphasic culture, add 0.5 ml of the suspension to a #260 slant. Add remaining 0.1 ml of the suspension to a #260 plate and streak for isolation.
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4. Incubate at 37°C under microaerophilic conditions using an anaerobe jar with an active catalyst and a microaerophilic gas generator pack, or other acceptable method, to obtain microaerophilic conditions. Incubate slant with cap loose.
5. Within three days of incubation, growth should be obtained in the broth pool at the bottom of the slant. Additional incubation may be required for colonies to appear on the plate. Further subcultures can be made using broth pool as the inoculum source.
5.
- Handling notes
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This is a slow growing organism that requires moist conditions for best growth. Growth at the broth/agar interface of the biphasic slant should occur within three days, but little turbidity will be seen. To observe growth, examine a wet mount of the broth under phase microscopy. The organism is a small slightly curved rod with many coccoid forms, both exhibit motility. Motility is usually observed only in young cultures. The presence of spheroid cells indicates that viability is being lost either due to age or too much exposure to oxygen.
Growth on agar takes longer than with the biphasic culture. Colonies are small, circular, entire, convex, smooth, and gray. Once good growth is present, these organisms tend to lose viability, especially if exposed to air for lengthy periods. Viability also decreases with repeated subculturing. The cells do not Gram stain well using traditional procedures. To obtain the best results, use a basic fuchsin counterstain in place of the safranin.
Once good growth is obtained, transfer or freeze the culture. Adding an equal amount of 20% sterile glycerol to pooled broth from several biphasic slants, followed by freezing in liquid nitrogen or "ultra-low temperature" freezer is recommended.
Additional information on this culture is available on the ATCC web site at www.atcc.org.
History
- Deposited as
- Helicobacter cholecystus Franklin et al.
- Depositors
- CL Franklin
- Type of isolate
- Animal
- Special collection
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NCRR Contract
- Cross references
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GenBank U46129 16S rRNA gene sequence
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- Warranty
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Permits & Restrictions
Import Permit for the State of Hawaii
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Frequently Asked Questions
References
Curated Citations
Validation list no. 61. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 47: 601-602, 1997.
Franklin CL, et al. Isolation of a novel Helicobacter species, Helicobacter cholecystus sp. nov., from the gallbladders of syrian hamsters with cholangiofibrosis and centrilobular pancreatitis. J. Clin. Microbiol. 34: 2952-2958, 1996. PubMed: 8940429
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